BREAKING NEWS 10 acre fire burning west of Red Bluff Full Story Father speaks out following arrest in 2019 murder of his son A grieving father is finally getting some answers, a year-and-a-half after his son was murdered near Oroville. Posted: Jul 13, 2021 6:30 PM Posted By: Kristian Lopez Someone murdered Alex McArthur's son, Jacob McArthur in December of 2019. For the first time since investigators made an arrest in the case, he tells Action News Now that the suspect was once his son's best friend. McArthur never gave up hope when it came to finding out who murdered his son. ”Everybody that ever met Jacob loved him, they just loved him," he said.